Taiwo Awoniyi suffered the injury when he collided with a position during the 2-2 draw against Leicester.© AFP
Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi was transported urgently to the hospital for an emergency surgery on an abdominal injury, reports on Monday. The Nigerian international suffered the injury when he collided with a position during the 2-2 draw of Forest against Leicester on the city of the city. Awoniyi had extended into a failed attempt to convert the Cross of Anthony Elaga and had tried to continue playing after receiving several minutes of treatment. The real extent of the injury was only discovered by Forest medical staff on Monday and reports said it was immediately taken for surgery, which was not considered deadly.
The incident had caused a anger reaction to the forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, who stormed the field and confronted the boss Nuno Espirito Santo in a bizarre incident after the final whistle.
Marinakis said she was concerned about Awoniyi’s state after being left despite the fact that Nuno consults his medical staff during the time to stop.
It was a disappointing day for Forest, whose hopes of the Champions League underwent a major blow following the draw with relegated Leicester.
Nuno’s seventh placed is no longer in charge of their own destiny in their attempt to appear in the Champions League for the first time since 1980-1981.
They are sitting at a point outside the top five of the Premier League – which guarantees a qualification for the Champions League – with two games to play against West Ham and the five best Chelsea rivals.
The forest is assured of at least one place in the UEFA conference league, which will see them playing European football for the first time since 1995-1996.
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